Dear Mollyrose, Hi there. What State in Australia did your bunch settle? How can I assist you?

Alison QLD.

Hi Allycat
The family first came to melbourne australia, but I am finding very hard to find anything on my late father's sisters alma,jean i ruby had died.
I have a cousin called paul griffiths but don't know how to find him and to get hold of my grardfather's will
Mollyrose

Dear Mollyrose, Try finding your cousin in the local white pages ... Australian Telephone Book.

Try also posting a message looking for your cousin at Griffiths Family Genealogy Forum if whitepages doesn't work.

As Melbourne is in the State of Victoria, Australia, try this website... Public Record Office Victoria, Australia. Click on ACCESS THE COLLECTION in the left-hand column.

Also try National Archives of Australia. Type your surname in the keywords/name box, then press search.

Here's a photo of the Atalanta ship.

And it can't hurt to search the State Archives of NSW - New South Wales - Australia.

And sign up as a free member of the RootsChat website. Goto the Emigrants - Emigrants to Australia board.

Good luck, Alison from QLD (Queensland, Australia).

Ok, looking for siblings: Alma, Jean and Ruby CANAVAN ... between 1900 and 1956 there were 38 marriages with brides maiden surname being CANAVAN in the State of New South Wales NSW Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages - Marriages search results bride CANAVAN 1900-1956

Have a wade through the lists.

I found a marriage between a Jean CANAVAN, but none for Alma or Ruby.

Hi
Can you please tell me the name of my aunt Jean married name please,I was told aunt Alma died last year aunt Ruby has died a few years ago but not sure her married was Galbraith
Thank you mollyrose/margaret

Hi Margaret, Well I can but I don't know if it's the same lady. There's a marriage record in 1938 in the suburb of Redfern, State of New South Wales, Australia to groom: James Patrick George BARTLETT. Don't know how popular/common the CANAVAN surname is. You never know I guess.

Searchable online index for deaths only goes up to 1976 for NSW.

I've created a CANAVAN surname wiki page for you. Have a look through the Ryerson Index, link is there. It should have deaths from newspapers in Australia.

Please keep an open mind when you are searching for people. Remember that people can and do remarry. I found marriages for brides called Ruby marrying grooms with surname HARTNETT and HEALEY in NSW.